Opinion Today
December 23, 2025
Americans End Year in Gloomy Mood Megan Brenan and Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup Americans head into 2026 deeply dissatisfied with the nation’s direction, offering worsened economic assessments and broadly negative views of political leadership following the historic government shutdown.
America’s allies say the US creates more problems than it solves Erin Doherty, Politico Pluralities in Germany and France — and a majority of Canadians — say the US is a negative force globally, new POLITICO-Public First polling finds.
